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Hallucinations in healthy older adults: An overview of the literature and perspectives for future research
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-07-07)Studies suggest a substantial minority of healthy older adults have hallucinatory experiences, in line with existing evidence on hallucinations in other age groups, though it is still unclear if hallucination prevalence ... -
Hallucinations in older adults: A practical review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)By 2050, it is estimated that 16% of people will be aged above 65 years, compared with 9% in 2019.1 Population aging is driving increased attention to the physical and mental health needs of older adults. Here, our focus ... -
Hallucinations under psychedelics and in the schizophrenia spectrum: An interdisciplinary and multiscale comparison
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The recent renaissance of psychedelic science has reignited interest in the similarity of drug-induced experiences to those more commonly observed in psychiatric contexts such as the schizophrenia-spectrum. This report ... -
Heroic music stimulates empowering thoughts during mind-wandering
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-07-16)It is generally well-known, and scientifically well established, that music affects emotions and moods. However, only little is known about the influence of music on thoughts. This scarcity is particularly surprising given ... -
High levels of childhood trauma associated with changes in hippocampal functional activity and connectivity in young adults during novelty salience
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Childhood trauma (CT) has been linked to increased risk for psychosis. Moreover, CT has been linked to psychosis phenotypes such as impaired cognitive and sensory functions involved in the detection of novel sensory stimuli. ... -
Hostility and aggressive behaviour in first episode psychosis: Results from the OPTiMiSE trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Aim: The aim of this paper is to determine clinical factors related to hostility and disturbing and aggressive behaviour and to examine the effect of medication on these behaviours in FEP. Methods: Data from phase I and ... -
How brain asymmetry relates to performance – a large-scale dichotic listening study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-01-02)All major mental functions including language, spatial and emotional processing are lateralized but how strongly and to which hemisphere is subject to inter- and intraindividual variation. Relatively little, however, is ... -
The human amygdala encodes value and space during decision making
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-01)Valuable stimuli are invariably localized in space. While our knowledge regarding the neural networks supporting value assignment and comparisons is considerable, we lack a basic understanding of how the human brain ... -
Hungry for compliments? Ghrelin is not associated with neural responses to social rewards or their pleasantness
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The stomach-derived hormone ghrelin motivates food search and stimulates food consumption, with highest plasma concentrations before a meal and lowest shortly after. However, ghrelin also appears to affect the value of ... -
Hverdagen etter lydpåsetting: Erfaringer fra fire voksne cochleaimplantat-brukere. En kvalitativ studie av hva fire voksne CI-brukere erfarer som viktig i tiden etter lydpåsetting
(Master thesis, 2018-06-13)The aim of this qualitative study was to investigate what adults who have undergone their first cochlear implantation (CI) experience as important during the period after sound activation, and the research question was: ... -
Hvordan skille en mellomspråklig vanske fra dysleksi? En studie av tredjeklassinger med norsk som andrespråk (L2).
(Master thesis, 2018-06-13)The aim of this study was to contribute to knowledge of between-language problems and dyslexia, as well as knowledge of Norwegian as second language (L2) in 3rd grade school children. The test battery assessed basic reading ... -
The ice in voices: Understanding negative content in auditory-verbal hallucinations
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-02)Negative voice-content is the best sole predictor of whether the hearer of an auditory-verbal hallucination will experience distress/impairment necessitating contact with mental health services. Yet, what causes negative ... -
Idiographic analyses of motivation and related processes in participants with schizophrenia following a therapeutic intervention for negative symptoms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09)Background Motivational negative symptoms hinder quality of life and daily functioning of individuals with schizophrenia spectrum disorders. A recently developed intervention, Switch, has shown promising effects on negative ... -
Impact of glutamate levels on neuronal response and cognitive abilities in schizophrenia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-04-02)Schizophrenia is characterized by impaired cognitive functioning, and brain regions involved in cognitive control processes show marked glutamatergic abnormalities. However, it is presently unclear whether aberrant neuronal ... -
The Impact of Sexualized Video Game Content and Cognitive Load on State Rape Myth Acceptance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The potential negative impact of sexualized video games on attitudes toward women is an important issue. Studies that have examined this issue are rare and contain a number of limitations. Therefore, it largely remains ... -
Impact of subjective and objective language function and psychological distress on quality of life in glioma patients awaiting surgery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Background Maintaining quality of life (QoL) and identifying contributing factors is an important aspect of treatment for glioma patients. Little is known about to what extent language function and psychological distress ... -
The importance of clinical normative data for conceptualizing neuropsychological deficits in people with schizophrenia spectrum disorders
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Objective: To create clinical normative data tables for Norwegian patients with schizophrenia spectrum disorders, to examine whether clinical normative data from Norway differs from similar normative data from Canada and ... -
Improved emotion regulation in depression following cognitive remediation: A randomized controlled trial
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Objective Executive functions (EFs) play a key role in emotion regulation and, related to this, depression. Cognitive remediation (CR) targeting EFs, such as Goal Management Training (GMT) and computerized cognitive ... -
Improvement in self-reported cognitive functioning but not in rumination following online working memory training in a two-year follow-up study of remitted major depressive disorder
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Self-reported subjective cognitive difficulties (subjective deficits) and rumination are central residual cognitive symptoms following major depressive disorder (MDD). These are risk factors for more a severe course of ... -
Improving the Methodology for Assessing Cognitive Impairment in People with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-05-20)Cognitive dysfunctions in patients with schizophrenia disorders are common, have prognostic value, informs treatment planning and rehabilitation, and provide a basis for targeted cognitive remediation. Consequently, current ...